Mike Ditka Thinks Obama Is The Worst President We’ve Ever Had, And Knows Just The Man Who Can Fix Things

Last fall, Mike Ditka announced his support for Donald Trump to be America’s next President. At the time, he said that he believed Trump had “the fire in his belly to make America great again and probably do it the right way.”

“If I were to vote tomorrow,” I’d probably vote for Trump,” Ditka said. “This country needs leadership. It needs direction. It needs somebody that steps up front. We need somebody like Ronald Reagan.”

Annnd, there it is. It’s not entirely clear where the similarities between Reagan and Trump overlap beyond “both have run for President,” but here we are.

Just for good measure, Ditka also managed to get in some digs at our current President:

“Barack Obama’s a fine man. I mean, he’s pleasant. He would be great to play golf with. [But] he’s not a leader. Every once in a while you’re going to get punched in the chops. But you keep going forward. That’s all there is to it. You know it’s not always going to be a perfect situation, but to do what he does, there’s no leadership there. I think that becomes very disgusting to me.”

It’s interesting to note that at one point back in 2004, Ditka considered running for Illinois Senate. Who was a victorious Senator he would have ran against? That’s right, Barack Obama. Talk about one of the all-time what-if’s.

The irony of this is that Ditka may have had a better opportunity to derail Obama than anyone else. When Obama first ran for Senate in Illinois, the Republicans lost their original candidate and were scrambling for a replacement. They asked Ditka to run and he said no. There’s zero change “Da Bears” fans don’t give Ditka an overwhelming majority of the Chicago vote and swing that race. No senate seat, no speech at the Democratic Convention. Maybe Obama eventually catches on, but it definitely would have been delayed. Plus, we would have gotten the pure joy of watching Da Coach navigate the U.S. Senate. Over/under on other senators punched would have been 5.

Obama took over during the worst recession in modern times and inherited two wars that nobody wanted to be in. The results were far from perfect, but we’re in a much better position than we were eight years ago.
Ditka took over the Saints and ended up 3-13 in his final season (same record as Jim Mora’s last) because of terrible coaching and drafting decisions and acted like a child in press conferences.
I’ll listen to the guy who didn’t get repeatedly hit in the head during his career.

Some leaders like leaders like Hitler, Stalin, and Putin. Some are more fond of Thomas Jefferson, Abe Lincoln and FDR.
There is a difference between a leader and a dictator.
There is a difference between a leader that starts wars and destroys economies, and a leader that gets us out of unwinnable wars and stabilizes the economy.

It tells you everything you need to know about them. Even if you disagree with Obama and are not impressed with his presidency, the people who say that are the echo-chamber racists and neo-cons that actually believe it, because its all they and their idiot friends talk about, with no actual perspective on our history of presidents.

I don’t think Obama has done an especially good job as president, in some respects he’s been pretty terrible. But I’m an independent so I can look through policy decisions without the left or right wing filters. Basically, things have become so polarized that it’s almost impossible to get even marginally objective opinions on a politician’s strengths and weaknesses.

What are these people smoking? Why are so many convinced that Trump is some sort of “great leader”? What part of being a loud jerk with a bunch of failed businesses makes one a leader? Trump wants to lead nobody to success but himself, and over the course of his entire life has time and time again failed in that endeavor.

It’s style over substance. Plain and simple. I watched 5 minutes of Trump’s conference yesterday and I understood this a little better. He exudes confidence and boosts that by tearing other people down while being absolutely steadfast in the face of criticism. That has a strong effect on people. In business, politics, or dating, “confidence” is usually listed as one of the most desirable traits.

I think that, by default, William Henry Harrison is the worst president that the country has ever had. But I don’t expect anyone who claims “our current president whose policies I personally disagree with is the worst ever” knows that much about history to even know who William Henry Harrison was.